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An asterisk (*) following the four-digit number indicates the course is approved for graduate credit.
Graduate College
Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprise (EEE)
EEE 3023
Introduction to Entrepreneurship
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing. Overview of entrepreneurship and its role in our lives. Examination of what it takes to start and sustain new ventures. Central focus is on the issues surrounding effective implementation of the entrepreneurial process.
EEE 3033
(D)Women and Minority Entrepreneurship
The course covers race, gender, and ethnicity as factors that impact entrepreneurship. Students look at the theoretical underpinnings of minority and women's entrepreneurship and their opportunities, challenges, and strategies when creating ventures.
EEE 3263
Entrepreneurial Marketing
Prerequisite(s): 3023, MKTG 3213 and completion of business core classes or intructor permission. Examination of the roles of marketing in entrepreneurial ventures and entrepreneurship in the marketing efforts of any organization. Emphasis on marketing as it relates to risk management, resource leveraging and guerrilla approaches. No credit for students with credit in EEE 5223 or MKTG 5223. (Same course as MKTG 3263)
EEE 3513
Growing Small and Family Ventures
Prerequisite(s): 3023 or instructor permission. Exploration of unique challenges involved when growing small and family-owned ventures. The life stages of emerging enterprises are examined. Issues addressed include resource needs, skill requirements, functional area development, and work-life balance.
EEE 3663
Imagination in Entrepreneurship
Prerequisite(s): 3023 or instructor permission. Exploration of creativity and ideation as they relate to entrepreneurship. Perspectives on opportunity discovery and assessment are examined. Theoretical and conceptual foundations for the application of creativity to business problem solving are investigated. No credit for students with credit in 5663.
EEE 4010
Special Topics in Entrepreneurship
1-6 credits, max 6. Examination of entrepreneurship issues. Specific topics vary from semester to semester.
EEE 4113
Dilemmas and Debates in Entrepreneurship
Designed around a series of critical dilemmas confronted by entrepreneurs when creating and growing a venture. Entrepreneurs explore with students the issues surrounding these dilemmas in a structured format.
EEE 4263
Corporate Entrepreneurship
Prerequisite(s): 3023 or instructor permission. Examination of the application of entrepreneurship concepts and behaviors within established organizations, assessment of factors contributing to a company’s entrepreneurial orientation, and identification of ways to foster high levels of entrepreneurship within firms. No credit for students with credit in 5263.
EEE 4313
Emerging Enterprise Consulting
Prerequisite(s): 3023 and junior standing. Students nearing the end of their studies work in teams in addressing problems and opportunities within existing entrepreneurial ventures. Using an established methodology, teams work with local entrepreneurs in establishing priorities and producing tangible deliverables that solve business needs. No credit for students with credit in 5313.
EEE 4483
Entrepreneurship and New Technologies
Prerequisite(s): 3023 or instructor permission. Assessment of technologies and their marketplace potential. Issues in technology commercialization are examined from an entrepreneurial perspective. Students work on implementation issues surrounding actual emerging technologies originating at the university and in the surrounding community.
EEE 4513
Strategic Entrepreneurial Management
Prerequisite(s): Senior standing. The capstone integrative experience required of all business students, culminating in the development of a comprehensive plan for a new business or nonprofit venture. All students compete in the Capstone Competition at the end of the semester.
EEE 4610
Entrepreneurship Practicum
1-6 credits, max 6. Prerequisite(s): 3023 and instructor permission. Transfer of knowledge from entrepreneurship course work into practice through hands-on experiences, such as business development consulting projects, management of a venture capital fund and creation of a student-owned business.
EEE 4653
Venture Capital
Prerequisite(s): 3023 or instructor permission. Approaches to raising and managing working capital in emerging enterprises. Examination of the many sources of financing for start-up and early stage ventures. Attention devoted to determining financial needs of new ventures and formulating, determining valuations and formulating deal structures.
EEE 5113*
Entrepreneurship and Venture Management
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MBA program or instructor permission. Enterprise creation and problems faced by entrepreneurs in early growth stages of business ventures. An interdisciplinary problem-solving approach with emphasis on case studies and plans for new business ventures.
EEE 5133*
Dilemmas and Debates in Entrepreneurship
Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing. Designed around a series of critical dilemmas confronted by entrepreneurs when creating and growing a venture. Entrepreneurs explore with students the issues surrounding these dilemmas in a structured format.
EEE 5200*
Special Topics in Entrepreneurship
1-6 credits, max 6. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing. Examination of entrepreneurship issues. Specific topics vary from semester to semester.
EEE 5223*
Entrepreneurial Marketing
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MBA program or instructor permission. Interplay of entrepreneurship concepts and marketing concepts, including the role of marketing in entrepreneurial ventures, and the role of entrepreneurship in a firm’s marketing efforts. Emphasis is placed on how to address the significant changes taking place in markets and the modern marketing function. (Same course as MKTG 5223)
EEE 5263*
Corporate Entrepreneurship
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MBA program or instructor permission. Examination of the application of entrepreneurship concepts and behaviors within established organizations, assessment of factors contributing to a company’s entrepreneurial orientation, and identification of ways to foster higher levels of entrepreneurship within firms.
EEE 5313*
Emerging Enterprise Consulting
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MBA program or instructor permission. Using an established methodology, student teams work with local entrepreneurs in establishing consulting priorities within their ventures and producing tangible deliverables that solve business challenges. All facets of business are addressed.
EEE 5610*
Advanced Entrepreneurship Practicum
1-6 credits, max 6. Prerequisite(s): 5113. Transfer of knowledge from entrepreneurship course work into practice through hands-on experiences, such as business development consulting projects, management of a venture capital fund, and creation of student-owned business.
EEE 5653*
Venture Capital
Prerequisite(s): 5113, admission to MBA program or instructor permission. Venture capital investing and the business development process. Exploration of how startups and early stage firms determine money needs, obtain financing and structure deals. No credit for students with credit in 4653.
EEE 5663*
Imagination in Entrepreneurship
Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing. Exploration of creativity and ideation as they relate to the entrepreneurial process. Perspectives on opportunity discovery and assessment are examined. Theoretical and conceptual foundations for the application of creativity to business problem solving are investigated.
EEE 6213*
Doctoral Seminar in Innovation Management
Prerequisite(s): Doctoral student standing and consent of instructor. Focuses on the context of innovation as well as on its processes and practices. Emphasis is placed on learning, applying and adapting various frameworks designed to capture and explain the nature of innovation and its management.
EEE 6263*
Theoretical Foundations in Entrepreneurship
Prerequisite(s): Doctoral student standing and consent of instructor. Broad survey of major topics in the field of entrepreneurship. The primary theoretical underpinnings of the field are covered as well as some of the common and/or promising methodological approaches to the study of entrepreneurial phenomena.
EEE 6343*
PhD Seminar in Entrepreneurship
Prerequisite(s): Doctoral student standing and consent of instructor. Current research that addresses important entrepreneurial questions and assesses "gaps" in those literatures. Strategies will be proposed to address these gaps. Focuses on refining students’ skills in "mapping out" and writing research papers.
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